Research method
Dollar-cost averaging
Dollar-cost averaging is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.
- Output
- Signal
- Input
- Rule inputs, market state and execution constraints
- Horizon
- The system holding period
- Best use
- Make entry, exit and abstention rules testable as one procedure.
- Input: Rule inputs, market state and execution constraints.
- Output: signal.
- Use boundary: Make entry, exit and abstention rules testable as one procedure.
The archive
Where the method has been read
Read in the archive11 readings
1989Testing dollar-cost and scale-in averaging as position-sizing procedures1994Quality screens and dividend-yield regime maps1998Cash recovery grids for residual share construction2001Building custom stock baskets with weights and averaging2012Evaluating dollar-cost averaging as an entry-slot procedure2013Treat a short-term valuation oscillator as an entry-timing filter2014Equal-dollar staging versus lump-sum and residual scaling2015A fund pick is unfinished until cost-drag and the mix are tested2016Broad index allocation, a cash reserve, and staged entries2017Call-ratio overlay versus averaging down on a losing stock2019Overfunding smaller index futures to set leverage
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